
We at Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition and Awards would like to thank all of the wonderful entries that we had this year! Our grand prize winners are noted under Main Prize Winners at the top of this list, and also in bold reiterated - so that there is no confusion!
Categorically, this has been a very tough decision as we had so many talented individuals and projects to choose from. Thank you again, and we are already in touch with the Main Prize Winners and have scheduled the screenings.
Our 2022-2023 Season is already open for entries, so keep coming back and keep filming!
Main Prize Winners - To Screen Theatrically:



All Other Awards by Category:
Category winners:
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE:
AMASSO, Adalberto Souza, Portugal
BEST U.S. NARRATIVE FEATURE:
RUINS, Jay Mohan, USA
BEST U.S. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
US HOUSING CRISIS - FROM ALL ANGLES, Jason Beardsley, USA
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
DECODING SHANKOR, Deepti Pillay Sivan, India
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FEATURE:
MOUNTAIN CRAWLER, Sann Lee, Korea
BEST COMEDY FEATURE:
SHELLFISH, Hunter Hopewell, USA
BEST HORROR FEATURE:
DAYTIME NIGHTMARE, Katrina Grey, Slovakia
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE:
RUINS, Jay Mohan, USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE:
SANCTUARY DREAM, Grant Carsten, USA
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS FEATURE:
DESTINATION MARFA, Andy Stapp, USA
BEST SOUNDTRACK FEATURE:
IN CHINA, Les Owen, USA
BEST EDITING FEATURE:
SANCTUARY DREAM, Grant Carsten, USA
BEST MUSICAL SCORE FEATURE:
BELLARIA, Cecile Nordegg, Patryk Senewicki, Austria
BEST ACTRESS FEATURE:
NIGHT, MOTHER, Sheila Houlahan, USA
BEST ACTOR FEATURE:
SANCTUARY DREAM, Traven Thomas, USA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE:
SANCTUARY DREAM, David Carsten, USA
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM:
VIRTUOSO, Nico Amedeo, Italy
BEST U.S. SHORT FILM:
LANGUISHING, Matthew Oliver, USA
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM:
PERMAFROST, Aeryn Lee, USA
BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM:
THE CLARK AND BOURNE HOLIDAY SPECIAL, Jamie Bourne, U.K.
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM:
UNNAMED, Valerii Petrov, Russia
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN & INANIMATE, Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan, Singapore
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM:
PERMAFROST, Aeryn Lee, USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT FILM:
THE BODY OF LEVI, Freddy Cheung, USA
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS SHORT FILM:
FOUNTAIN OF PLANET, Hiroshi Atobe, Japan
BEST MUSICAL SCORE SHORT FILM:
FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN & INANIMATE, Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan, Singapore
BEST EDITING SHORT FILM:
IDEOLOGIES & THE PROMISE, Alexandro Pacheco, USA
BEST ACTRESS SHORT FILM:
HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY, Sofia D’Marco, USA
BEST ACTOR SHORT FILM:
An American Childhood, Elohim NycaLove, USA
BEST TV PILOT:
TASTELESS, Amnon Carmi, USA
BEST U.S. MOVIE TRAILER:
SIGN OF THE TIMES, Andrew H. Walker, USA
BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIE TRAILER:
DREAMS LIKE OURS, Myron Brodie, U.K.
BEST FULL LENGTH FEATURE SCRIPT USA:
LOVERS, LIARS & ANGELS, Peter Sawczynec, USA
BEST FULL LENGTH SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL:
BLACK MOLD, Carlos Guerrero, USA
BEST SHORT LENGTH SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL
HOBGOBLIN GENNEL, James Fitzmaurice, U.K.
OVERALLS:
BEST OVERALL FILM -
AMASSO, Adalberto Souza, Portugal
BEST OVERALL SHORT -
LANGUISHING, Matthew Oliver, USA
BEST OVERALL TRAILER -
DREAMS LIKE OURS, Myron Brodie, U.K.